NEON GENESIS
EVANGELION - DEATH & REBIRTH

Description:Year 2015. Japan. Due to a recent revival in the economy,
those who managed to escape the last cataclysm struggle for survival in the new
militarized town of Tokyo -3. But just as the city is on the road to recovery,
it begins to suffer from regular, unexplained attacks from huge monsters known
as Angels. In an attempt to counter them, the government calls upon a secret
organization, NERV, and its giant biomechanical robots controlled by children:
the Evangelions. This film brings together Episodes 1 to 24 of the cult series
Neon Genesis Evangelion and takes you beyond the death of the 27th Evangelion.
Action-packed with impressive fighting scenes and a score of philosophical
questions to answer – these are the main ingredients of this final act in the
cult Hideaki Anno series. —
Amazon.com

Neon Genesis Evangelion -
Death and Rebirth deals with a bunch of flawed teenaged “heroes” that pilot
giant robots (it is after all, a Japanese TV show); they differ from your
standard anime heroes though in that they suffer from anything from suicidal
depression, existential loneliness and sexual guilt. Watching Evangelion -
Death and Rebirth is like watching an episode of Robotech directed by
Ingmar Bergman!

The first 60 minutes of this
movie is basically a clip show that sums up episodes 1 to 24 of this cult anime
series while the remainder of the 107 running time takes the story further.

As you might guess, cramming
the events of so many TV episodes into sixty minutes is an impossible task and will
leave viewers new to the show simply bewildered. This movie was produced
when it was found that fans were unhappy with the original TV series’ ending.
The ending supplied here is however unlikely to please fans either as it is
quite inconclusive as well as feels as if more should follow. There doesn’t.

Great soundtrack that includes
classical pieces by the likes of Beethoven, Pachelbel and Bach.

Recommended for die-hard fans
of the show, but newbies should rather check out the whole TV show DVD box set
beforehand.